--- title: Prince Mannikin bounded forward, and had just strength left to grasp… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Mannikin bounded forward, and had just strength left to grasp the precious diamond which contained all he coveted in the world before he fell insensible upon the snowy cushion. Who acts: Prince, precious diamond, Palace. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, precious diamond, Palace), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7277:17:38 # text = Prince Mannikin bounded forward, and had just strength left to grasp the precious diamond which contained all he coveted in the world before he fell insensible upon the snowy cushion. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 bounded bound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 forward forward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 grasp grasp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 coveted covet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 before before SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 27 insensible insensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 snowy snowy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 cushion cushion NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bound** | past | Prince | | | | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | Prince *not said here* | strength | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient | | 3 | **leave** | participle | | strength *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **grasp** | to-infinitive | | the precious diamond | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer diamond=Stimulus | | 5 | **contain** | past | the precious diamond | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **covet** | past | Palace | | | the world | | | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **fall** | past | Palace | | | | | insensible *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/39/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)